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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Alfred State College of Technology - SUNY to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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